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CHARTER AND PROCEEDINGS 



BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 



SOLDIERS' NATIONAL CEMETERY 
ASSOCIATION. 



IXCOItl'OItATKI) HV THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. 



PROVIDENCE: 

K M f ) W I- K S , ANTHONY & CO. PRINTERS. 
1 864. 



CHAETEE AND PEOCEEDINGS 



BOAKD OF COMMISSIONEES 



SOLDIERS' NATIONAL CEMETERY 
ASSOCIATION. 



INCORPOEATED BY THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. 



PROVIDENCE: 

KNOWL.es, AKTHONY & CO., PEINTEES. 

1 864. 



CHAETER. 



AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE SOLDIERS' NATIONAL 

CEMETERY. 

WHEREAS, The commonwealth of Pennsylvania has pur- 
chased seventeen acres of land on Cemetery Hill, on the Get- 
tysburg battle-field, in the county of Adams, for a cemetery for 
the burial of the remains of the soldiers who fell in the battle of 
Gettysburg and the skirmishes incident thereto, in defense of 
the Union, or died thereafter from wounds received in that bat- 
tle and the skirmishes ; therefore — 

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Mouse of Rep- 
resentatives of the Oomynonivealti, of Pennsylvania in General 
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same. 
That the titles to the said lands, purchased as set forth in the 
foregoing preamble, are hereby ratified and confirmed, and shall 
vest and remain in said Commonwealth in fee simple, in trust 
for all the States having soldiers buried in said grounds, and 
the said grounds shall be devoted in perpetuity to the purpose 
for which they were purchased, namely for the burial and place 
of final rest of the remains of the soldiers who fell in the defence 
of the Union in the battle of Gettysburg ; and also the remains 
of the soldiers who fell at other points north of the Potomac 
river, in the several encounters with the enemy during the inva- 
sion of Lee, in tlie summer of one thousand eight hundred and 
sixty-three, or died thereafter, in consequence of wounds re- 
ceived in said battle and duriuo- said invasion. 



Sec. 2. That B. W. Norris, of the State of Maine ; Ira 
Perlej, of the State of New Hampshire ; Paul Dilhngham, of 
the State of Vermont ; Henry Edwards, of the State of Massa- 
chusetts ; John R. Bartlett, of the State of Rhode Island ; Alfred 
Coit, of the State of Connecticut; Edward Cooper, of the State 
of New York ; Levi Scobey, of the State of New Jersey ; David 
Wills, of the State of Pennsylvania ; Benjamin Deford, of the 
State of Maryland ; John R. Latimer, of the State of Delaware ; 
Chester D. Hubbard, of the State of West Virginia ; Gordon 
Lofland, of the State of Ohio ; John G. Stephenson, of the State 
of Indiana ; Clark E. Carr, of the State of Illinois ; W. Y. 
Selleck, of the State of Wisconsin; Thomas White Ferry, of the 
State of Michigan ; Alexander Ramsey, of the State of Minne- 
sota ; being one commissioner from each State having soldiers 
burled in said cemetery, be, and they and their successors are 
hereby created a body politic in law, under the name, style and 
title of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, and by that name, style 
and title shall have perpetual succession, and be able and capa- 
ble in law to have and use a common seal, to sue and be sued, 
plead and be impleaded in all courts of law and equity, and to 
do all such other things as are incident to a corporation. 

Sec. 3. The care and management of the grounds referred 
to in the preamble and first section of this act are hereby 
entrusted solely to the commissioners named in the second sec- 
tion of the same, and those hereafter appointed to represent the 
States therein named, and their successors in office. The said 
commissioners shall constitute a board of managers, whoso duty 
it shall be, out of funds that may be in the hands of the treas- 
urer of the corj)oration, by State appropriations or otherwise, to 
remove tlic remains of all the soldiers referred to in the first 
section of this act, that have not already been removed to the 
cemetery and have them properly interred therein ; and also to 
lay out, fence and ornament; to divide and arrange into suitable 
plots and burial lots ; establi^Ji carriage-ways, avenues and foot- 
ways; erect buildings and a monument or monuments, and suit- 
able marks to deslgmrte the graves, and generally to do all other 
things in their judgment necessary and proper to be done, to 
adapt the ground and premises to the uses for which it has been 
purchased and set apart. 



Sec. 4. The business of the corporation shall be conducted 
by the commissioners aforesaid and their successors in office. 
The said commissioners shall meet within sixty days after the 
passage of this act, and organize by electing one of their number 
president ; they shall also appoint a secretary and treasurer, and 
shall have power to employ such other officers and agents as 
may be needful ; they shall require of the treasurer to enter 
into bonds to the corporation, in double the probable amount of 
money that may be in his hands at any one time during his term 
of office, with two or more sufficient sureties, conditioned for 
the faithful discharge of his duties, and the correct accounting 
for and paying over of the money ; which said bond or bonds 
shall be approved by the court of common pleas of Adams 
county, and recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds in and 
for said county. The term of office of the officers of the board 
of commissioners aforesaid shall expire on the first day of Jan- 
uary of each and every year, or as soon thereafter as their suc- 
cessors may be duly chosen and qualified to act. 

Sec. 5. At the first meeting of thq commissioners hereto- 
fore named they shall be divided by lot into three classes, and 
the term of office of the first class shall expire on the first day 
of January, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and 
sixty-five"; the second class, on the first day of January, Anno 
Domini, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six ; and the 
third class, on the first day of January, Anno Domini, one thou- 
sand eight hundred and sixty-seven. The vacancies thus 
occurring shall be filled by the Governors of the States which 
the said commissioners represented ; and the persons thus appoint- 
ed to fill such vacancies, shall hold their office as commissioners 
aforesaid for the term of three years. In case of the neglect or 
failure of the Governor of any State having burial lots in the ceme- 
tery to fill such vacancy, the board of commissioners may supply 
the place by appointing a citizen of the particular State which is 
not represented in the board, by reason of such vacancy. Any 
vacancies not yet filled, or hereafter occurring in the board of 
commissioners, by death, resignation or otlierwise, shall be filled 
by appointment for the unexpired terra by the Governor of the 
State, which the person represented, or in case of failure by 



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such Governor to make said appointment, then the place shall 
be supplied, as last above indicated. Such other States of the 
Union not having burial lots in said cemetery, but that may at 
any time hereafter desire to be represented in this corporation, 
shall have the privilege of nominating a commissioner to repre- 
sent them severally in the board of commissioners, and thereafter 
pay their proportionate share of the expense of maintaining said 
cemetery. 

Sec. 6. The board of commissioners shall, annually, at the 
end of each fiscal year, make a report of the condition and man- 
agement of the cemetery, w^hich report shall contain a detailed 
statement of the receipts and expenditures of the corporation ; 
and a copy thereof shall be forwarded to the Governor of each 
State, represented in the corporation. The expenses incident 
to the removal of the dead, the enclosing and ornamenting the 
cemetery, and all the work connected therewith, and its future 
maintenance, shall be apportioned among the States connecting 
themselves with the corporation, according to their population, 
as indicated by their representation in the House of Representa- 
tives of the United States. 

Sec. 7. The board of commissioners shall adopt such by- 
laws, rules and regulations as they may deem necessary for their 
meetings and government, and for the government of their 
officers, agents and employees^ and for the care and protection 
of the cemeter}- grounds, and the property of the corporation : 
Provided, said by-laws, rules and regulations be not inconsistent 
with the Constitution and laws of the United States, the Con- 
stitution and laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and 
this act of incorporation. 

Sec. 8. The board of commissioners shall have no power to 
appropriate any of the funds of the corporation as a compensa- 
tion for their services as commissioners. 

Sec 9. The grounds and property of said cemetery shall be 
forever free from the levy of any State, county or municipal 
taxes ; and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby releases 
and exempts the corporation, created by this act of assembly, 
from the payment of any enrolment tax, or any tax or taxes 
whatever, that might be imposed by existing laws. All the 



laws of this commonwealth now in force, or which may here- 
after be enacted for the protection of cemeteries, burial grounds 
and places of sepulture, shall apply with full force and effect 
to the Soldiers' National cemetery hereby incorporated, imme- 
diately from and after the passage of this act. 

Sec. 10. The corporation of the Soldiers' National cemetery 
shall have power to receive appropriations from the United 
States, and from the State Legislatures, and also devises and 
bequests, gifts, annuities and all other kinds of property, real 
and personal, for the purposes of the burial of the dead, enclos- 
ing and ornamenting the grounds, and maintaining the same 
and erecting a monument or monuments therein. 



PROCEEDINGS, &c. 



Gettysbukg, Pensylvania, April 6th, 1864. 
In pursuance of a call of David Wills, Esq., Commissioner 
of the State of Pennsylvania, and in conformity with the Act of 
Incorporation, a meeting of the Commissioners of the Soldiers' 
National Cemetery Association was held this day in the town of 
Gettysburg. 

The following Commissioners were present : 

B. W. NoRRis, of Maine. 

Henry Edwards, of Massachusetts. 

Ira Perley, of New Hampshire. 

John R. Bartlett, of Rhode Island. 

David R. Latimer, of Delaware. 

David Wills, of Pennsylvania. 

Chester D. Hubbard, of West Virginia. 

Gordon Lofland, of Ohio. 

Thomas White Ferry, of Michigan. 

Mr. Latimer, of Delaware, was called to the chair. 

Mr. Wills, of Pennsylvania, was chosen Secretary. 

On motion, the Board proceeded to the election of permanent 
officers, when David Wills was unanimously elected President 
of the Board of Commissioners. 

On motion it was Resolved, That the Board proceed to 
divide itself into three classes or divisions, as required by the 
5th Section of the Act of Incorporation, 



The names of the eio-hteen States formino; the Association 
were written on sHps of paper, folded and placed in a hat. 
These slips were then drawn out separately in the following 
order : 

The first class of States, the term of service of whose Com- 
missioners will expire under the charter, on the first day of 
January 1865 ; New Hampshire, Illinois, Rhode Island, Indiana, 
New York and West Virginia. 

Second class, wliose term of service will expire on the first 
day of January 1866 ; the Commissioners from Ohio, Delaware, 
Minnesota, Maryland, Maine and Massachusetts. 

Third class, whose term of service will expire on the first day 
of January 1867 ; the Commissioners from New Jersey, Michi- 
gan, Connecticut, Vermont, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. 

Voted, That a Committee consisting of Mr. Wills, Mr. Norris 
and Mr. Bartlett be appointed to prepare By-Laws for this 
Board, and submit them to the next meeting. 

On motion of Mr. Lofland, of Ohio, it was resolved that Mr. 
Wills, Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Norris and Mr. Ferry, be a Committee 
to invite, through the newspapers, ])roposals with designs and esti- 
mates, for a Monument for the Soldiers' National Cemetery, to be 
submitted to the Board for their adoption at a future meeting. 

On motion, it was voted, that the President of the Board be 
authorized to procure a Seal for the Corporation. 

Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, submitted the following resolution : 

Resolved, That the thanks of this Board be, and they hereby 
^re presented to David Wills, Esq., for the prompt, efficient, 
able and satisfactory manner in which he has discharged the 
arduous duties initiatory to the orgamization of the Soldiers' 
National Cemetery Association. 

On motion, the Board adjourned to meet to-morrow morning 

at 9 o'clock. 

JOHN R. BARTLETT, Secretary. 

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Thursday, April 7th, 1864. 

The Board of Commissioners met pursuant to adjournment, at 
9 o'clock this morning. 

David Wills, Esq., President, in the chair. 

Present, David Wills, John R. Latimer, Thomas W. Ferry, 
Henry Edwards, Gordon Lofland, B. W. Norris, Charles W. 
Hubbard, Ira Perley and John R. Bartlett. 

The proceedings of yesterday were read and approved. 

Mr. Wills, from the Committee appointed to prepare By-Laws, 
submitted their report, which was received and read. 

On motion of Mr. Latimer, it was voted that the By-Laws 
be taken up and acted upon separately. 

After various amendments, the following By-Laws were 
adopted : 



BY-LAWS. 

Section 1. There shall be an annnal meeting of the board 
of managers hereafter on the first Wednesday in December of 
each and every year, at such place and hour as may be previously 
de.-^ignated by the President of the board ; and it is hereby 
made part of his duty to make such designation, and give timely 
notice thereof to tlie several commissioners composing the 
board of managers. Special meetings may be called by the 
President at such times and places as he may think necessary. 

It shall also be the duty of the President to call a special 
meeting upon the request, in writing, of six members of the 
board of managers, at such time and place as they may 
designate. 

Sec. 2. Six members of the board of manao-ers shall consti- 
tute a quorum to transact business. 

Sec. 3. The fiscal year shall close on the 30lh of November 
of each and every year, and it shall be the duty of the treasurer 
to make a detailed report of all the receipts and disbursements 



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of money during the year, and submit the same, together with 
his hooks and papers, to the auditing committee for their exami- 
nation and approval ; and the report having been audited and 
approved, shall ba laid before the board of managers at its first 
annual meeting thereafter. 

Sec. 4. The board of managers shall annually elect three of 
of its members auditors, whose duty it shall be to audit the 
annual report of the treasurer, and, if found correct, approve of 
the same, and submit it to the first annual meeting of the board 
of managers after the close of the fiscal year. If found incor- 
rect, they shall adjust it and report the facts to the board. 

Sec. 5. The moneys in the treasury shall be disbursed by 
the treasurer only upon the order of the President, subject to 
the final approval of the auditing committee. 

Sec. 6. These by-laws may be altered, amended or annulled, 
in part or in whole, at any meeting of the board of managers. 

Mr. Hubbard, of West Virginia, submitted the following 
resolution, which was adopted. 

Resolved, That it shall be the duty of the President of this 
Board, to enter into and make all contracts for the improvement, 
adorning and taking care of the grounds of the Soldiers' Na- 
tional Cemetery, subject to the approval of an Executive Com- 
mittee of three, to be appointed by the Board. 

On motion of Mr. Norris, of Maine, the following gentlemen 
were elected the Executive Committee. 

John R. Latimer, of Delaware. 

Benjamin Deford, of Maryland. 

Levi Scobey, of New Jersey. 

On motion of Mr. Norris, the following gentlemen were 
elected the Auditing Committee. 

John R. Barti,ett, of Rhode Island. * 

GORDOM LOELAND, of Ohio. 

Henry Edwards, of Massachusetts. 



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Mr. Lofland, of Ohio, proposed that a compensation be 
allowed to Mr. David Wills, for his services as General Super- 
intendent of the Soldiers' National Cemetery ; whereupon, the 
following resolution, submitted by Mr, Hubbard, of West 
Virginia, was adopted. 

Resolved, That the Hon. Daniel Wills be appointed Genera\ 
Superintendent of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, for the 
current year ; and that the sum of one hundred dollars per 
month be paid him for his services, commencing on the first day 
of the present month of April, 1864. 

Mr. Latimer submitted the following resolution, which was 
adopted. 

Resolved, That the President be authorized to employ such 
amanuenses as he may from time to time require, to assist in 
writing ; the amount so expended to be reported to the Audit- 
ing Committee. 

On motion of Mr. Latimer the Board proceeded to the elec- 
tion of a Secretary of the Board. 

Ballots were then distributed to the members. 

Upon counting the ballots, John R. Bartlett, of Rhode Island, 
was declared to be elected Secretary. 

Upon motion of Mr.. Edwards, the amount of bonds to be 
given by the Treasurer was fixed at twenty-five thousand, 
dollars (25,000.) 

Mr. Latimer submitted the following resolution, which was 
adopted. 

Resolved, That the President be authorized to make applica- 
tion, from time to time, to the several States which shall have 
mafcle appropriations to the Soldiers' National Cemetery, for 
such portions of said appropriations as in his judgment may be 
deemed necessary to meet the expenses of the work, as the 
same may be incurred. 



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Mr. Norris submitted the following resolution, which was 
adopted. 

Resolved^ That the Committee on the contemplated monu- 
ment, be authorized to offer the sum of two hundred and fifty 
dollars (|250) to the person whose design for such monument 
shall be adopted by the Board of Commissioners. 

Col. Lofland submitted the following resolution, which was 
adopted. 

Resolved, That the Committee on the monviment be author- 
ized to procure designs for the gateway and lodge for the Cem- 
etery, and for the boundary line along the Baltimore turnpike ; 
to adopt such designs as they may think best, and proceed to 
their construction. 

Mr. Edward's submitted the following resolution, which was 
adopted. 

Resolved, That the President cause to be printed a list of the 
names of all the officers and soldiers who fell in the battle of 
Gettysburg, and in the skirmishes incident thereto, in defence 
of the Union, or who died thereafter from wounds received in 
that battle and the skirmishes (as far as the same can be obtained 
from the cemetery and battle-field ;) and that when printed, 
copies of the same be sent to each of the Commissioners, in 
order that they may take steps to procure a complete list from 
the rolls of the several regiments of their respective states of all 
who fell in that memorable battle. 

The following resolution was adopted. 

Resolved, That William Saunders be appointed landscape 
gardener of the Soldiers' National Cemetery ; and that the 
thanks of this board are hereby tendered to Mr. Saunders for 
the very efficient service he has already rendered the Corpora- 
tion. 

On motion, it was resolved, that the sum of three hundred 
dollars ($300) be paid to Samuel Weaver for his services in 
the exhuming and inspection of the bodies taken from the bat- 
tle field to the Cemetery. 



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On motion Mr. Samuel R. Russell was elected Treasurer of 
the Corporation at a salary at the rate of two hundred and fifty- 
dollars per annum, upon his giving satisfactory bonds as required 
by the act of incorporation. 

Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, submitted the following resolution^ 
which was adopted. 

Resolved, That sufficient grounds within the Cemetery tract 
are hereby devoted to the monumental uses of all officers and 
privates who fell or died of wounds received at the battle of 
Gettysburg, and in skirmishes connected therewith ; and that 
permission is extended for the erection of monuments, to all 
such fallen heroes, as stricken friends, brave comrades and a 
grateful people may elect. Provided only, that such commem- 
orative designs and locations shall harmonize with the general 
plan adopted, and meet the approval of the landscape gardener, 
Mr. Saunders. 

Mr. Ferry submitted the following resolution which was 
adopted. 

Resolved, That the President be requested to solicit from the 
various Railroad Companies, over whose roads commissioners 
travel, in going to and from Gettysburg, passes for them respect- 
ively, while in the discharge of their duties as Commissioners 
of the Soldiers' national Cemetery. 

On motion the board adjourned to meet in Gettysburg, on 
Friday, the 10th day of June next, at 2 o'clock, p. m. 

JOHN R. BARTLETT, Secretary. 



Gettysburg, June 10th, 1864. 

The Board of Commissioners of the Soldiers' National Cem- 
etery met this day in pursuance to adjournment at McClellan's 
Hotel. 

David Wills, President, in the chair. 



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The roll of the several states was called, when the folio-wing 
gentlemen answered. 

Clarke E. Carr, of Illmois. 

John R. Bartlett, of Rhode Island. 

Edward Cooper, of New York. 

C. D. Hubbard, of West Virginia. 

Gordon Lofland, of Ohio. 

John R. Latimer, of Delaware. 

Alexander Ramsay, of Minnesota. 

Benjamin Deford, of Maryland. 

Henry Edwards, of Massachusetts. 

Levi Scobey, of New Jersey. 

Thomas White Ferry, of Michicran. 

W. T. Selleck, of Wisconsin. 

David Wills, of Pennsylvania. 

B. M. NoRRis, of Maine. 
The Secretary read the proceedings of the last meeting, 
which were approved. 

■ The President stated verbally what he had done relative to 
the wall around the grounds, and the expenses attending the 
same. 

Mr. Bartlett, from the Committee to procure designs for the 
monument for the Soldiers' National Cemeteiy, stated that the 
Committee had advertised in various papers for designs and esti- 
mates, and that he had received fifteen, which designs, with accom- 
panying papers, were on the table for the inspection of the Board. 
The Board adjourned to 6 o'clock this evening. 

JOHN R. BARTLETT, Secretary. 

Friday Evening, June 10th, 6 o'clock. 

The Board met pursuant to adjournment. David Wills, 
President in the Chair. 

Fourteen Commissioners were present — the same who were 
present at the meeting previously held. 



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The Secretary then read the proceedings of the morning. 

At tlie request of Gov. Ramsey, the President stated the 
sums of money that were expected from the several states 
towards the cost of the Cemetery, monument, improvement of 
the grounds, etc., and the sums appropriated by them respec- 
tively for these objects, making, in the aggregate, $102,000. 
This amount anticipates the action of several states which have 
not yet made appropriations. 

On motion, the Executive Committee, now consisting of three, 
was increased to five, by adding thereto Mr. Edward Cooper, of 
New York, and Mr. Stevenson, of Indiana. 

On motion, the Executive Committee were requested to 
furnish tlie Board with estimates of the several amounts necessary 
to carry out the plans of the Board, by presenting in detail the 
sum already expended, and of the several objects for which 
money is yet to be expended. 

The Board took a recess in order that the Executive Com- 
mittee might prepare their Report. 

The Board re-assembled, when Mr. Cooper, of New York, 
submitted the following Report, which was accepted and ordered 
to be placed on record. 

REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

The Executive Committee respectfully report, that there have 
been held three meetings since their appointment by the Board 
of Commissioners. After advertising for proposals for building 
a wall around the Cemetery grounds, the Committee held two 
meetings. But two proposals were received, according to which 
the cost of the wall would be so great that the Committee 
deemed it inadvisable to accept either ; they therefore directed 
the Superintendent to have a wall built by day's work under 
his charge, around the grounds. As the cost of labor and 
materials have greatly increased since the original estimates were 



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made for the Cemetery, the improvement of the grounds and 
everythmg connected therewith, the Committee have made the 
following revised estimate o^ the cost of the Cemetery exclusive 
of the Monument : 

Amount already expended in exhuming tlie dead $6,800 

Exterior stone wall and coping 10 000 

Iron fence between the P]vergreen and Soldiers' National 

Cemetery 10,000 

Front fence of iron 2,500 

Gateway 1,200 

Lodge for keeper 3,500 

Head stones 20,000 

Laying out and ornamenting grounds 10,000 

Salaries and contingences 3,000 

$67,000 

The Board will see by the report of the Superintendent, 
that the amount of the estimate, exclusive of the Monument, is 
equal to the whole amount previously estimated for, and is 
probably equal to the amount now appropriated by the States 
for the Cemetery and Monument. 

The Committee therefore submit for the determination of the 
Board, what portion of the work shall be undertaken at present- 

Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, submitted the following resolution : 

Whereas, it appears by the Report of the Executive Com- 
mittee, that a sufficient amt)unt of money has not been provided 
for the completion of the whole work of the Cemetery as now 
proposed. Therefore 

Resolved, That the sum of fifty thousand dollars be appro- 
priated for the Monument, that the several States be invited to 
make such further appropriation as will be necessary to complete 
the work, and the sums required from each State. That this 
sum be properly divided and stated by the President in order 
that the same may be laid by the several Commissioners before 
their respective States with the view to obtain additional appro- 
priations. 



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Mr. Clarke E. Carr, of Illinois, submitted the following pre- 
amble and resolution as a substitute for that of Mr. Ferry, which 
was adopted : * 

Whereas, it ap])ears that the appropriations already made by 
the loyal States for the National Cemetery, and which may be 
reasonably expected to be made will amount to one hinidred and 
two thousand dollars ; and whereas the probable cost of the work, 
exclusive of the Monument, will amount to sixty-seven thousand 
dollars. Therefore 

Resolved^ That the Executive Committee be instructed to place 
the graves in order, lay out the grounds, and erect porter's 
lodge, fence, wall, gateway, head-stones, etc., at such time as 
they may deem expedient, at an expense not exceeding sixty-tour 
thousand dollars. ($64,000.) 

Mesolved, That we recommend that a suin not exceeding forty 
thousand dollars be expended in erecting a suitable Monument, 
and request the loyal States, having dead buried in the National 
Cemetery, to make the additional appropriations necessary for its 
construction, and that the Executive Committee be, and it is here- 
by instructed to ])roceed with the erection of the Monument, so 
soon as a sufficient amount shall have been appropriated and 
a design adopted. 

Mr. Ferry submitted the following resolution, which was lost. 

Resolved, That the panels of the proposed Monument, be 
filled vi^ith the names and rank of all killed, or who died of their 
Wounds, arranged under each State respectively, according to 
residence, heading each State panel with the name and coat of 
arms of such State, for the purpose of effectually perpetuating 
the names of such heroic dead. 

Mr. Ferry then submitted the following resolution which was 
lost. 

Resolved, That each State be permitted to perpetuate its 
gallant deeds by supplying its own tablets, with its name and 
coat of arms, together with the names and rank of its killed, to 
be placed in an appropriate panel on the Monument appropriated 
to States. 



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Mr. Latimer, of Delaware, moved the adoption of the design 
submitted by Mr. Batterson, of Hartford, Connecticut, for the 
Soldiers' National Monument at Gettsvsb'urg, with such modifi- 
cations as the Executive Committee may deem necessary, without 
changing the general design, and keeping within the limits of the 
estimate. This motion was carried in the affirmative by the 
following vote : 

Ayes — B. W. Norris, of Maine. 

Henry Edwards, of Massachusetts. 

John R. Bartlett, of Rhode Island. 

John R. Latimer, of Delaware. 

C. D. Hubbard, of AVest Virginia. 

Gordon Lofland, of Ohio. 

Clarke E. Carr, of Illinois. 

Thomas W. Ferry, of Michigan. 

Alexander Ramsay, of Minnesota. 

David Wills, of Pennsylvania. 

Benjamin Deford, of Maryland. — Ayes, 11. 

Nays — Edward Cooper, of New York. 
Levi Scobey, of New Jersey. 
W. T. Selleck, of Wisconsin. — Nays, 3. 

On motion of Mr. Carr, of Illinois, it was voted that the 
Artist, Mr. Batterson, be requested to furnish the Commissioners 
of each State with two lithographic copies of the accepted 
design for the Monument. 

On motion of Mr. Norris. of Maine, it was voted that the 
proceedings of the present meeting be printed and two copies 
furnished to each member of the Board. 

On motion of Mr. Scobey, of New Jersey, it was voted that 
the next meeting of this Board be held at the Continental Hotel, 
in Philadelphia. 

Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, submitted the following resolution, 
Avhicli was adopted : 

Besolved, That the grounds appropriated to the several States 
in the Soldiers' National Cemetery be marked by the erection in 



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some permanent form, of a sign or tablet bearing the name of 
each State, in order that they may be readily distinguished, and 
that the Executive Committee cause such marks to be erected. 

Mr. Ferry submitted the following resolution, which was 
adopted : 

Resolved^ That in addition to the Book-Eecord of the names, 
rank and residence, classified by States of all who fell or who died 
of wounds received at the battle of Gettysburg, an enrollment of 
like character be neatly arranged and printed upon parchment, 
classified by States and forwarded to the several Commissioners 
to be by them placed in the State archives of their respective 
States. 

The following resolution submitted by Mr. Ferry, was 
adopted : 

Resolved, That the Executive Committee be directed to pro- 
ceed with the enclosure of the Cemetery grounds and the 
improvement of the same, upon such plans and at such times as, 
in their judgment, shall seem most expedient. 

Mr. Wills, laid before the Board, in accordance with a resolu- 
tion passed at the previous meeting, a volume, compiled by him, 
containing printed lists of the names of all the soldiers who are 
buried in the Soldiers' National Cemetery, in Gettysburg, as 
far as they are known. These books were distributed among 
the Commissioners in order that they might, by the aitl of the 
Adjutant General of their respective States, complete the list of 
all the soldiers who fell at the battle of Gettysburg. 

Mr. Cooper, of New York, moved that the By-Laws be so 
amended that a quorum shall consist of a majority of the Board 
instead of six, as at present, which was lost. 

Adjourned to the Annual Meeting. 

JOHN E. BAETLETT, Secretary. 



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